About the Festival ...
Leeds Beer, Cider and Perry Festival is the biggest annual celebration of traditional beers, ciders and perries held in Leeds, and is one of the biggest such events held in the north of England. It brings together over 150 real ales, a selection of real ciders and perries that is second to none, and a fantastic selection of bottled beers from all over the world.
In 2007, nearly 3000 people attended the festival, and were able to choose from over 160 real ales, twenty ciders, four perries and around 70 different beers on the global bar. The 2008 festival promises to be just as good!
Organising ...
The process of organising the festival starts in August the previous year. It is organised by an unpaid committee of volunteers, backed up by the members of Leeds CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale.
This small band have to book the venue, order the supplies, round up the equipment, recruit the unpaid volunteer staff, and much more. They must be mad.
Help from Leeds CAMRA members in organising the festival is always welcome.
CAMRA ...
CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale CAMRA campaigns for real ale, real pubs and consumer rights. We are an independent, voluntary organisation with over 83,000 members and have been described as the most successful consumer group in Europe. CAMRA promotes good-quality real ale and pubs, as well as acting as the consumer's champion in relation to the UK and European beer and drinks industry. We aim to:
- Protect and improve consumer rights.
- Promote quality, choice and value for money.
- Support the public house as a focus of community life.
- Campaign for greater appreciation of traditional beers, ciders and perries as part of our national heritage and culture.
- Seek improvements in all licensed premises and throughout the brewing industry.
Why not join us today if you care about great quality real ale and pubs?
Sponsors ...
We are grateful to the following for their support:
- Leeds Brewery
- The Yorkshire Evening Post
Festival 2009 ...
We'll be back again in 2009. Watch this space for details!
This Site ...
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The illustrations are © Christine Jopling. Please respect the artist's copyright.
The design of the site is based on one of Andreas Viklund's excellent free website templates.
Disclaimer ...
Please be aware that the views expressed on this site are (presumably) those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Campaign for Real Ale Limited, or the Leeds Branch in particular.
While every reasonable effort is made to ensure that the information on this site is accurate, we can accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions.
Leeds CAMRA has no control over the content of any external site linked from these pages. We certainly do not believe that any site we link to could be found offensive by any normal person, but if you find such a site please email 2008@leedsbeerfestival.co.uk so that we can take a look ourselves and, if necessary, remove the link. The presence of any link from this site does not imply any endorsement of any product or service that might be advertised there.